Portley Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 1
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 7
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 8
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Portley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Portley family

Profession Census Frequency
Wherryman Barge 2
Clerk 1
Printer 1
Cabinet Maker 1
Carpenter 1
Dress Maker 1
Waterman Barge 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Portley

Name Census Frequency
Mary Portley 14
John Portley 9
Catherine Portley 8
William Portley 8
Grace Portley 5
Daniel Portley 4
George Portley 4
Henry Portley 4
Ada Portley 3
Elizabeth Portley 3
Joseph Portley 3
Michael Portley 3
Thomas Portley 3
Alfred Portley 2
Annie Portley 2
Charles Portley 2
Emily Portley 2
Florence Portley 2
Jeremiah Portley 2
Margaret Portley 2
Agnes Portley 1
Albert Portley 1
Apphia Portley 1
Blanche Portley 1
Bryan Portley 1

Portley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Pratley 71% 5,543
2 Pratly 57% 184
3 Portley 100% 122
4 Partley 86% 112

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The surname Portley is the 3rd most popular variant of Pratley.

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